How to Make Saline Solution Fluffy Slime

Light and airy as a cloud but stretchy and squishy too! Learn how to make saline solution fluffy slime so quickly you won’t believe it! This is such a simple slime recipe for making slime that I can’t wait to add it to our list of best slime recipes. This slime recipe is the most amazing slime that is so super simple to make with kids! Plus it’s awesome science too.

HOW TO MAKE SALINE SOLUTION FLUFFY SLIME WITH KIDS!

I use to think making slime was an impossible activity with wasted time and effort and a disappointed kid. Plus it’s a recipe, and I don’t like to follow recipes! However, I think our recipes for making slime are really easy to follow, and you can get the ingredients on your next shopping trip.

I have a ton of pictures to share because my son had so much fun, and I couldn’t stop taking them! But you do get to see just how fluffy and massive this slime really is!

We made three batches each in a different color. Although I used the neon food coloring pack, I ended up with very pretty pastel colors due to all of the white shaving cream.

It doesn’t take a whole lot of ingredients to make all of this slime if you can believe it! The slime whips up in just a few minutes!

Fluffy slime is pretty inexpensive to make if you want to do something extra special for your next slime, sensory, or science activity. You can check out how we used dollar store ingredients too!

UNIQUELY TEXTURED FLUFFY SLIME!

We don’t like a sticky slime that really sticks and goops up the hands. Our slimes are a little thicker but still totally stretchy and fun. Make sure to check out our super stretchy slime while you are at it!

Once we made our first batch of fluffy slime we were hooked and like any good slime making scientist, we wanted to repeat the fluffy slime recipe to double check our measurements.

I like to be able to give solid measurements as opposed to those recipes that say to add until… I need to know the details.

We made two more batches that turned out perfect and made a beautiful bowl of fluffy slime he couldn’t wait to get his hands on! I love how they mixed together and made a gorgeous swirl of colors.

Now for the past year we have been using this same exact fluffy saline solution slime recipe to make all out themed fluffy slimes like you saw up above!

FLUFFY SLIME RECIPE SAFETY NOTES

Learning how to make homemade slime is totally worth it and your kids will love it! Let’s remember that slime is still a science experiment and every science experiment should be adult supervised.

I am in charge of the chemical solutions used in cross linking to form the slime. I will also do the majority of the mixing. As my son gets older, he will be allowed to assist even more. DO NOT change out ingredients.

Wash hands thoroughly and clean and disinfect work spaces accordingly.

SUPPLIES FOR MAKING SALINE SOLUTION FLUFFY SLIME

At the bottom of this post you will find a printable recipe card for fluffy slime or follow the steps listed below. Additionally at the bottom of this page you will find a wealth of slime making resources to check out.

WHIPPING UP YOUR SALINE SOLUTION FLUFFY SLIME

I definitely like to call this whipping up slime because of how fluffy it is!

Measure 3-4 heaping cups of shaving cream into a bowl.

Add color! We used neon food coloring, but there are so many choices!

Next, add a 1/2 cup of glue to the shaving cream and mix.

Add 1/2 tsp of baking soda and mix.

Add 1 tablespoon of the saline solution to the mixture and start whipping!

Once you get the mixture thoroughly whipped and incorporated, you can pull it out with your hands!

TIP: Before removing the slime from the bowl, squirt a few drops of saline solution on your hands. The slime can be sticky to start. It can be kneaded in the bowl as well. Don’t add too much extra saline as the consistency gets less sticky with kneading.

Repeat the fluffy slime recipe with different colors or enjoy the one batch! We made a giant batch of yellow fluffy slime the other day by tripling the recipe!

If you are wondering why your slime has failed, make sure to double check your ingredients and measurements.

The volume produced from the shaving cream creates such a cool texture, like a cloud. Plus it doesn’t smell too bad either!

Check out the photo story of our saline solution fluffy slime below, and you can see the fun he is having with our new slime recipe.

Hello,
My daughter has bugged me to make slime. So being a single father I looked into it. Kinda by the seat of our pants I purchased Elmers glue contact solution an shaving cream. Those were our ingredients.
2- 7.65oz Elmers glue
1- 4oz contact solution
1/2 can Barbosal shaving cream (not gel)
Mixed everything above In a large bowl. First added the glue then half a bottle of the solution an some shaving cream. As things mixed then proceed the add the rest of the solution an shaving cream. After about 20 min of mixing my daughter was able to remove slime from bowl an place on table. Then really began to kneed the slime. At this point it really begins to be fun. She loved it. Able to squeeze it, then quickly touching it the slime would come right off her hands. After an hour or so we stored in plastic container. Next morning had a few bubbles at top. Began to play with slime again no problems. No food coloring added or baking soda. Looks like white marshmallow fluff.

do you have a recommendation for a fragrance-free shaving cream? I tried the Barbasol, but the smell was so strong, so I switched to a lady shaving cream and it still is pretty strong. Any alternatives to shaving cream?

I am sorry I don’t know of or have heard of any alternatives to using shaving cream to achieve the fluffiness. If you just want to make slime with saline solution and baking soda, we have recipes for that instead!

I am 10 years old and I love slime! I was so exited to make some slime so I went out and took all day to buy the ingredients. I thought this recipe would be good but sadly it didn’t work, I am a bit disappointed

I tried to make this but it didn’t work… It was very liquid and wouldn’t form a ‘mass’.
I’m not sure if it was the type of foam or glue that I was using that may have impacted on it but it just didn’t want to work! 🙁

First make sure you added the baking soda correctly. Also let’s check the ingredients of the saline solution. It should have sodium borate in it or a mix of sodium borate and boric acid. Feel free to email me with questions.

It is a PVA based glue. I am not familiar with a boric acid bottle and can not confirm that will work without having safely tried it myself. Although saline solution does have a percentage of boric acid/sodium borate in it, the ratio to other ingredients in the solution I am not sure with. Proceed with caution as we don’t recommend switching out ingredients.

we made this and it didn’t come out right. The shaving cream just kept being squeezed out as we kneaded and handled it…so our hands were always soaked with the shaving cream and we had a mass that felt like chewed gum covered with foam

The best piece of advice is to double check the ingredients. I just made a batch and it was super fun. Elmer’s washable glue, saline solution with sodium borate/boric acid, foam shaving cream, and baking soda!

I also wondered why you left it just sitting out.lol Yes, as Emily’s comment stated, you need to store in an air-tight container or ziplock bag. It should last a lot more than a day ! Good luck, and thanks for the many cool recipes and science fun facts !

My friend and I were very bored and decided to make slime. We went to the local dollar store and bought the indgredents needed. We put all the ingredients together and mixed thourghly. We added more of the solution but it ended up just being a big bowl or dyed shaving cream. This is by far one of the crapiest slime recipes I have ever attempted to do. I do not recommend this because it does not work!

You need something like saline solution, contact solution, or even eye drops to make the slime come together. The ingredients in the solutions are the slime activators like sodium borate and/or boric acid. Alternatively you can try our liquid starch or borax powder recipes. We purchased our solution at a local Target and it was target brand which made it quite affordable!

Double check the ingredients in your saline solution. There should be a combination of sodium borate and boric acid noted in the ingredient list. Did you use Elmer’s glue? Please feel free to email me at [email protected] for more assistance.

I used barbasol shaving cream, elmer’s glue-all multipurpose glue, cvs brand saline solution for sensitive eyes, bob’s red mill baking soda, and Wilton color performance gel food coloring. I mixed the ingredients in the order you said with the proportions you specified and it came out a blobby mess of shaving cream with some colored hard bits mixed throughout. I tried changing the order and played with the proportions; nothing’s working. Help!

There are several reasons why it may not work. Ingredients is crucial. Feel free to email me at [email protected]. You may find the liquid starch slime to be more suitable since their is not a variety of ingredients among brands.

This is NOT how you make fluffy slime….well first off you don’t add the shaving foam first you add the glue then the shaving foam then the coloring…second you don’t need that much shaving foam you only need as much shaving foam as you added glue because if you add that much it will become hard and not fun so if you dont understand Slime DONT MAKE IT AT ALL you are dumb and you need to learn how Slime works ba use if I followed this recipe it would make a rock!!!

At first I was going to simply delete this email because you are very rude. I have made this slime over and over again, and even sent the video off for a woman to recreate and she has had no problems with it. Please be kinder with your responses or refrain from leaving comments. I have many happy slime makers. I hoe you have a better day tomorrow.

We have now tried two of the recipes listed for slime. Neither recipe worked. We carefully followed the recipe and watched the video to make sure we were doing it correctly. So far I have 4 disappointed people.

Double check your saline solution ingredients! Different solutions have different ingredients. The one I listed has both boric acid/sodium borate. I randomly grabbed a substitute at the store the other day and it did not have the listed ingredients. Our liquid starch slime is also a very quick and easy recipe that won’t require you to find an alternative saline solution.

I tried making it but mine is sticky… Not sure what to add more of to help it not be one big mess when we play with it. I used Elmer’s glue and check the contact solution has both the things you say it needs in the ingredients list, any help would be appreciated.

If it’s too sticky, add more solution. You need to knead this slime very well and it will lose that stickiness with more kneading. Also you can add a fe drops of solution to your hands while you knead it!

One question, about how many cans of shaving cream did you use to get the total 3-4 cups?

We have a Target nearby we can hit up for supplies so I am eager to try this recipe using all the same ingredients. I’ll definitely report back!

I’ve used plenty of different slime recipes over my 14 year nanny career but I will say that in all cases, following the directions 100% is the key to success with slime, since you’re disrupting already formed polymer chains and then adding to them with your starch/substitute.

Loved this! I never made slime/foam before. I wanted to make something thicker than a “slime”. When i first mixed the ingredients, it was foamy, after playing with it awhile it became the perfect consistancy. Now my son and i are having equal fun with it. Thank you!

My 9 YO daughter and I made this today and it worked great! We forgot the baking soda at first and it was super sticky but got dryer when added. We got dollar store shave cream and used elmers glue and rite aid saline solution. Thanks for the recipe.

We made this today (three times actually- I have three kids and they each wanted their own). Worked perfectly every single time- it is awesome! They like this better than the clear slime, though that worked perfectly as well. 🙂 Just in case anyone needs Walmart ingredient suggestions, here’s what we used:
Equate brand Regular shave foam (it’s a red, blue and white can)
Equate Saline Solution for Sensitive Eyes
Elmers washable, No run school glue

I am sorry to her that but we have many successful comments. You do need to read the instructions carefully and check the ingredients in your chosen saline solution. As a commenter stated above, it did not work the first time until he went back and read through the directions and checked out his solution to note it did not have the right ingredients in it. Let me know if you need more help.

Didnt work first time but read the whole site properly and this was the first site to tell me to read the ingrediants in the saline solution and it must contain Borax acid in some form.
Tried again with a different solution and it worked excellent.
Would say to any doubters to read fully the instructions and ingrediants.

You make slime look like such fun. Thank you for posting the photos, videos, and instructions. Something you might want to be aware of with the fluffy slime video, it looks like you did not add in glue, but the written instructions call for glue. Can you make it without the glue? Also, with the pretty blue glossy slime video (I’ve watched so many of the videos I can’t recall the exact slime name), the instructions in the video state you are using baking powder, but elsewhere, your instructions say baking soda. I would imagine it must be one or the other, not interchangeable, yes?

This is an amazing slime recipe! My kids are very happy and this is so easy. I love it. Thank you so much for sharing this with everyone. Anyone who uses this recipe and it doesn’t work, I would say that your contact solution probably doesn’t have the necessary ingredients. I had to look through quite a few contact solutions to find one with both necessary ingredients.

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